Oil-burner.



W. J. LARIMEB..

OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. ze, 1912.1

Patented Septk 9 HWIIIIIII m. ,0, N W

WITNjSSES:

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-wIL-LIAM J. maman, or Kansas-CITY, Kansas.

oni-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 26, 1912. Serial No. 733,658.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM and figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

Myl invention relates to oil burners, and

more particularly to a device for use in furnaces and `stoves'and wherein oil is vaporized and mixed with a supply of'fresh air to produce a combustible fuel vapor; the principal object of the invention being to securing proper vaporization and for spreading flame within the fire -bowl of the stove with which the .burner is used.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure I is a vertical section of a fire bowl equipped with my improved burner, the burner parts being shown in elevation. Fig. II is a 'central verticalJsectionof the lire bowl and burner. Fig. III is an inverted plan view of'part vof the burner base.

Referring more in detail to the parts: 1 designates the iirebowl of an ordinary heating stove with ywhich the burner is to be used. Seated on a iange 2 at the edge of the grate opening is a base 3 having a bowlshaped central portion 4,' provided with a central upturned drum 5. The part of the base within the drum is rovided with ports 6 within which air is ra iated to the burner to 'support combustion, and which. `are separated by a guide rib 6. having a central -aperture 7 through which a supply pipe (presently described is projected. Rising from drum 5- is a co ar 8, and rising from the collar, and preferably formed integral' therewith, are standards 10, which are spaced to form openings 11 for the outlet of air admitted through ports 6.

Extending upwardly through the web laperture 7, and above the top of the collary standards 10, is an oil'supply pipe' 12, and threaded onto the. upper end of said pipe and abutting against the tops of the standards 10 is a distributing plate 13 having an inclined top extending over and past the J, Lnnirimu, ya citizen of the United States, residing at base collar 8, and provided with an upturned edge flange 14, l having slots 15. through which oil delivered. onto the top of the distributer may flow.

On the under side of the distributer isa dependmg ringl which is so formed 'in relation to the under face of the distributer that oil escaping through the' flange slotsv will by capillary attract-ion be held to the Patented sept. 9,' 191e.

under face of the distributer until it passes over the ring, from which it is adapted to drop into a trough 17 which is seated on he 8base shoulder 9 and surrounds the c01- Supported on the top of the distributer and raised thereabove by legs 18 is a hood 19, the rim 20 of which isinclined down` wardly and outwardly below the distributer Vring 16 and to near the level of the top of the trough 17, the lower edge of the hood rim being provided with recesses- 21 through which flame may escape to the exi terior of the hood.

Mounted on the top of the. hood, and raised thereabove, is a spreader 22 which extends almost to the sides of the fire bowl, so that ame from the burner is directed into direct contact with the bowl but may' conserve heat from the burner, which necessarily becomes very hot on account of the contact4 of flame therewith, I prefer to place a number of fire brick 24 thereon.

In using the burner, presuming the arts to be constructed and assembled as described, with the fuel pipe 12 connected with a source of supply of suitable oil, when the' burner is to be started a' bit ofpaper, or the like, (not shown) saturated with oil is placed in the annular cup 4 and ignited to heat the parts of the burner so that oil delivered thereover may be vaporized.

When the parts have become 'heated the 109 supply pipe 12 is opened and oil rising therethrough is delivered over the top of the distributer, lows down the inclined surface and through the slots 15 in the flange over the curved edge of the distributor and down the side of the ring 16 from which it drips into the trough 17. The trough 17 becomes vquite-hot while the burner is in operation so that theoil dropplng thereonto is vaporized and risin mlxes with air admitted through the interior of the drum 5 y and delivered through the ports 11 between the top of the collar and the distributer rin sothat a suitable fuel mixture is provide The' fuel vapor so generated is ignited and rises into contact with the spreader 22 where it is' deilected against the sides of the fire bowl to apply the heat where it will be most effective.

Having thus described 'myinventiom what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In an oil burner, abase comprising. hollow drum havin aninset collar forming a shoulder, a nd havin@ spaced standards rising `from the upper 'e ge of the collar, a distributer supported on the.4 standards, a trough located below the distributer, and a hood covering and spaced laterally from the distributer, for the purpose set forth.

2. In an oil burnerta hollow base comprising an annular cup and` having spaced standards on itsvupper edge,.;a distributer supported on .the standards, an annular trough supported by the base and adapted for receiving drippings from the distributer, and a hood supported on the distributer and spaced there-above, the lowergg edge of the hood being recessed, substantially as set forth.

3. In an oil burner, the combination with a hollow base having vlaterally vopening ports at its upper edge, a distributer mounted above the base, means for supplying oil to the top of the distributer, a trough surrounding the base adapted for receiving 'newaegaA drippings from the distributer, a hood supported above the distributer, and a spreader p carried by the hood.

4.. An oil burner comprising a hollow base,

having ports in its upper portion, a troughA "surrounding said base, a distributer, having an inclined upper surface and slotted edge ange and having a ring on its under face overhanging said trough, and a hood inclos: ing said distributer.

5. The combination with a re bowl having a grate opening, of a base member lsup-` ported by the re bowl and covering the grate openlng, said base member comprising a hollow'center drum having anv apertured web andhaving an inset collar at its u per portion provided with spaced standar s, a supply pipe extending through the aper-v ture in said web, a distributer threaded onto -said sup ly pipeabove the collar standards, 'an annu ar trough on said base collar below the distributer, ay lower ytrough on said base, a hood supported by the distributer and overhanging said lower trough, and va spreader supported on the. hood and extending into proximity to the re bowl, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- WILLIAM J. LARIMER.`

Witnesses:

LEWIS L. MILLER, LETA E. CoA'rs. 

